poems by Tommy Herbert

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The Water Clock

In a water clock, the relative weights
Shift as the newer volume accumulates.
With each drop, nothing happens, except
The last, when the camel’s back is snapped.
The counterweight swings up; an hour has passed.
Altruism too perhaps appeared that fast.
Each step towards a better selfish brain
Was really pressure on the groaning storm drain.

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